tag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:/discussions/questions/5010-how-to-automatically-export-matching-songs-as-itunes-xml-for-reading-in-traktorbeaTunes: Discussion 2020-09-27T11:42:04Ztag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-09-29T09:17:06Z2016-09-29T09:17:06ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>When using an iTunes-based collection in beaTunes, all beaTunes
playlists are instantly reflected in iTunes. If Traktor is capable
of quickly reflecting changes in iTunes, that's probably your best
solution. I.e. select all matching songs, and then choose <code>New
PlayList from Selection</code> in beaTunes (context menu).</p>
<p>More about different kinds of libraries can be found <a href="http://blog.beatunes.com/2015/01/different-libraries-for-different-needs.html">
here</a>.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-09-29T09:31:24Z2016-09-29T09:31:24ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>Yes indeed, it seems itunes based library is already fully
synchronisable. Off course, during a DJ set, you're now gonna right
mouse click on all matching song, created a playlist, etc ... .
That takes too much time. The matching songs view should be a
dynamic playlist on it's own.</p>
<p>Now unfortunately, I'm using a folder based library. Which means
my initial questions still have to be answered :).</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-09-29T11:15:35Z2016-09-29T11:15:35ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><blockquote>
<p>That takes too much time. The matching songs view should be a
dynamic playlist on it's own.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>What about simply dragging from the matching song list to
Traktor? Would that perhaps do the trick for you?</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-01T19:34:41Z2016-10-01T19:34:41ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>Yea. That's possible. I tried it out a bit.<br>
I binded a midi button to clear the playlist in traktor. Then drag
and drop<br>
the songs in traktor. It's a bit getting used to with the
touchpad.</p>
<p>What would be nice too in this workflow would be a shortcut for
"Right<br>
mouse click -> show in playlist -> Music. Touchpad stuff is
annoying while<br>
djing :).</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-03T14:13:36Z2016-10-03T14:13:36ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><blockquote>
<p>What would be nice too in this workflow would be a shortcut for
"Right mouse click -> show in playlist -> Music. Touchpad
stuff is annoying while<br>
djing :).</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Just so that I understand this better: What would you need that
for?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-03T15:40:04Z2016-10-03T15:40:04ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>Well, when I transferred the matching songs to the traktor
playlist, I<br>
choose one to play, right. The next song I'll choose, will be
compatible<br>
with the one I chose to play. So this shortcut will select it in
the top<br>
library pane and I get a fresh list of compatible songs. And I do
this over<br>
and over again. You understand?</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-03T15:54:43Z2016-10-03T15:54:43ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><blockquote>
<p>You understand?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>There is actually is similar workflow within beaTunes that may
be useful for you:</p>
<ol>
<li>Find some song in your library.<br></li>
<li>Select it and create a new playlist with it (so that you have a
playlist with just that song)<br></li>
<li>Select the song in that new playlist.<br></li>
<li>Select one of the matching songs in the matching songs table
and use the shortcut ALT-Enter (or the button with
↑+)<br></li>
<li>beaTunes will automatically select the newly added song, so
that you are shown matching songs in the matching songs table.
-> Go to step 4.</li>
</ol>
<p>Once you have your full list, drag it over to Traktor.</p>
<p>Would that work for you?</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-09T14:08:55Z2016-10-09T14:08:55ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>Ok that works indeed. But you still don't understand 1 thing :).
I'm dragging and dropping the whole list of matching songs every
time after ALT-Enter and using that list to find a good match in
traktor. Finding a compatible song must happen in traktor for me,
that would never work in beatunes unless I could play 2 tracks at
the same bpm off course for a proper comparison.</p>
<p>But yeah, the ALT-ENTER seems to be a nice workflow. And when
I'm done, I have all the tracks I played in a playlist.</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-10T16:14:16Z2016-10-10T16:14:16ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><blockquote>
<p>using that list to find a good match in traktor.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>...because you need to listen to the songs in detail (the
possible transition)?</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-10T17:36:05Z2016-10-10T17:36:05ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>Yes indeed. In traktor I have my current song running, BPM
synced, possible loops set. So it's much better and faster to put
the new song against the currently playing one and to take the
decision there.</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-10T18:02:52Z2016-10-10T18:02:52ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>Back to your original request:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I'd like to use the list of matching songs on the fly in traktor
so I can preview and load them instantly without the need for
exporting to a playlist and importing it in traktor obviously.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Is Traktor capable of instantly showing playlists from other
programs? My guess would be it's not. I'm not sure how beaTunes
could accomplish this for Traktor.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-10T18:50:08Z2016-10-10T18:50:08ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>Well, yes Traktor has the capability to load an iTunes XML file
and refresh it on demand. So my idea was that somehow Beatunes
would write an itunes XML file with the matching songs that then
can be consumed by Traktor.</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-12T06:57:20Z2016-10-12T06:57:20ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>A while back you wrote:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I'm using a folder based library. Which means my initial
questions still have to be answered :).</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I was wondering why? I guess you're not using iTunes?</p>
<p>Anyhow. There is a mechanism in beaTunes that <em>may</em> help.
In the general preferences, there is an option to <em>automatically
export playlists</em>. I usually strongly recommend to leave this
option <em>off</em>, as it has a huge performance impact and
especially for large collections does more harm than good. When
enabled, beaTunes exports all playlists whenever they are changed
in the chosen format (Traktor support <code>m3u</code>). The
playlists are written to the <code>beaTunes</code> subfolder of
your system's <code>Music</code> folder.</p>
<p>If Traktor can import/refresh such playlists quickly, perhaps
that's your solution.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-12T10:49:56Z2016-10-12T10:49:56ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>No I'm using a folder based approach. But that was already said
in this thread.<br>
No, traktor cannot refresh m3u playlists. It can only import
them.</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-12T10:56:20Z2016-10-12T10:56:20ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><blockquote>
<p>No I'm using a folder based approach. But that was already said
in this thread.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I understand.<br>
The question was <em>why</em>?</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-12T11:01:08Z2016-10-12T11:01:08ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>I don't use iTunes indeed.</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-12T11:12:21Z2016-10-12T11:12:21ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><blockquote>
<p>I don't use iTunes indeed.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Alright.</p>
<p>That support for automatically exporting playlists, it can be
customized to any format, even some format similar to the iTunes
XML format, via a plugin (see <a href="https://www.beatunes.com/en/beatlet-playlistexporter.html">https://www.beatunes.com/en/beatlet-playlistexporter.html</a>).</p>
<p>Any chance you know how to program? ;-)</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-12T18:46:22Z2016-10-12T18:46:22ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>Seems easy.</p>
<p>But how do I get the list of songs that are
<strong>matching</strong> the currently selected song in the
playlist? Is there a utility class for that? It's the matching
songs I need in traktor, not the songs in the playlist itself.</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-12T20:52:23Z2016-10-12T20:52:23ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><blockquote>
<p>But how do I get the list of songs that are matching the
currently selected song in the playlist?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>What if you simply created a matchlist based on the selected
song? It can use the same ruleset as the one used in that matching
song table.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-12T21:14:55Z2016-10-12T21:14:55ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>I see ... . That creates a new playlist and thus a new iTunes
xml file of that playlist's name. So that won't work either since
you don't want to change the iTunes file path in traktor while
dj-ing.</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-12T21:16:03Z2016-10-12T21:16:03ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>So, there's no way to get to that list of matching songs from a
playlist exporter?</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-13T07:56:31Z2016-10-13T07:56:31ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><blockquote>
<p>So, there's no way to get to that list of matching songs from a
playlist exporter?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Nothing that's already built-in.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062016-10-13T09:03:27Z2016-10-13T09:03:27ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>Well, then maybe you could check if you can do this: add an
extra checkbox in the settings menu 'Also export matching songs to
playlist' that comes available when 'automatically export
playlists' is selected. Hopefully you can access the
playlistexporter from the matchlist** classes then. Off course
you're the boss ;), if this doesn't make sense, I understand
it.</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062018-07-03T07:01:41Z2018-07-03T07:01:41ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>I'd like to update this issue, just to say it would still be handy to have either a direct option to export the 'matching songs' list to a (new) itunes format. Or to expose at least the matching songs so we could add this itunesexporter as a beatlet. This would save me from dragging and dropping files between beatunes and traktor and having to clear the playlist in traktor every time.</p></div>kdejaegertag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/408674062020-09-27T05:59:48Z2020-09-27T05:59:51ZHow to automatically export matching songs as ITunes xml for reading in Traktor<div><p>When it comes to iTunes and Traktor, I had ever connected them via DRmare iTunes Music Converter. First, I used this tool to convert iTunes music to plain audios and then import them to Traktor DJ for playing directly.</p></div>Daissy